Question by Jam: Stress related illness?
My Grandad had his 5th heart attack on Thursday and he’s very sick, I don’t think he’ll pull through.

I’m very close to him and could not imagine a world without him, he’s been a father to me.

4 days later and I have a variety of symptoms. Dizziness, light headedness, stomach aches, sore throat and varying body temperatures.

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Question by Sophie: Explain ways in which the physiological response to stress may lead to stress related illness.?

Best answer:

Answer by Juanita Wood
Say what?? Leads stress?? Who leads stress these days?!

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I was diagnosed Bipolar a few months ago after a spell in hospital for depression. I am on medication. However i still get very stressed and very nervous and struggle alot with anxiety. Is this related to my illness or something completely different?

Specifically, I am looking for the ratio of geologists that have job related illnesses, injuries, and stress.

I have a really stressed out life, and for the past month or so i’ve been feeling a bit out of whack.
Some of what i feel is:
Fatigue
Increased heart rate
Abnormal heart rate
Nausea
Light headed
Tightness in chest
Emotional numb
Incapable of being happy for more than 20 minutes
I either eat way to much or way to little.
And just today i got my period 3 weeks early.

Im 14 years old. Whats going on?

My guinea pig has a few symptoms of illness: Two scabs, diarrhea, and excessive eye discharge.

I called the pet store where I got him from 3 days ago, and they said it’s stress related and that I’m handling him too much, but I don’t believe that because he purrs when I handle him (once a day for now.)

I think he has a good diet so far. He doesn’t like any vegetables yet, so I feed him a little bit and if he doesn’t like it, I just put a vitamin C supplement in his water. [Today is the first time I actually put the supplement in.] He constantly munches on hay, but not so much the pellets.

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My girlfriend has had these on and off stomach aches with nausea and a pain around her upper left abdomen for three weeks and they’ve recently become more severe, like to the point where she couldn’t even move without feeling pain. Last Monday she went to the doctor and they said that they couldn’t find anything wrong with her so they sent her home. She threw up for the first time ever earlier this week and when she did, she threw up four times consecutively and twice today and she refuses to go back to the doctor.

She’s been under a lot of stress and has also tried to continuously exercise while having these aches and nausea. At first I thought the aches were stress related but can you get stressed to the point of vomiting? She’s 18 and she doesn’t do drugs or drink, or have sex or anything like that. Does anyone know what’s wrong?